Automobile curtain



Jan. 5 1926. 1,568,529

8.. L. POLOSKIE AUTOMOBILE CURTAIN Filed April 28, 1924 115g. 3; Q EEIIIEHd LFnlu'skie I; E; INVENTEIR ATTDRNEY Patented Jan. 5, 1926.

UNITED STATES BERNARD L. POLOSKIE, OFLANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMOBILE CURTAIN.

Application filed April 28, 1924.

. a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lancaster, county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Curtains, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to improvements in automobile curtain.

.The object of this invention is to provide an automobile curtain which is durable, simple and cheap to manufacture, and to incorporate in such structure means which normally tends to hold the curtain close against the sides of the automobile body when the same is in the down or closed position, and

further when said curtain is turned up or to the open position, the same device which normally holds the curtain down will be effective in holding the curtain up.

Other objects will be apparent from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming a. part hereof, and in which similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Fig. 1, represents the frame structure of the curtain which forms the subject matter of this invention.

Fig. 2, shows the relative position of the various parts of said frame structure when the curtain is in the up or open position.

Fig. 3, shows said frame structure when the curtain is in the down or closed position.

Fig. 4, is a detail drawing of the connection between the members 2 and 13 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5, represents the curtain, separate and distinct from said frame structure.

Fig. 6, shows the curtain and said frame structure assembled, and in connection with an automobile, the same being shown in the up or open position in full lines, and in the down or closed position in light broken lines.

Referring to the drawing, the members 1 and 2 are connected by the hinge 3. Fixed to the member 1 is a stud 4 carrying a wing nut 5 through which the same may be firmly fixed to the frame structure 14 of the automobile top.

The opposite ends of the springs 7 are fixed to the members 1 and 2 respectively, through screws 6; the upper ends of the springs being fixed at a point above the hinge 3 and the lower ends at a point below said hinge.

Serial No. 709,499.

A roller 8 is inserted between said springs and the rear side of member 1, particularly as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The screw 6 must be located with respect to the hinge 3, substantially as shown, so that the springs 7 will carry said roller at a point above the hinge 3, and avoid any possibility that the roller will slip down below the lower edge of member 1.

The operation of the above described hinge joint is as follows :The member 1 when carried by the frame structure of the automobile top and fixed rigid thereto, forms an anchor for the hinged member 2. Then when the hinged member 2 is in the down position as shown in Fig. 3, the lower screw 6 is below the hinge 3, and normal tension of the springs 7 tends to hold or draw the same to this position; then when the hinged member 2 is in the up position as shown in Fig. 2, the lower screw 6 is at a point above the hinge 3 and normal tension of the springs 7 then tends to hold or draw said hinged member in said up position.

The roller 8 of course is free to roll and adjust itself along the rear face of member 1 when influenced by the action of the springs 7. This rolling action, of said roller, affords free elongation and contraction of the springs 7.

Fixed to the lower end of the hinged member 2 is a casing 9, which forms a socket 12 for carrying the cross member 13. Clamping members 10 are pivotally connected to the hinged member 2 through screws 11., and in effect form pendants arranged to clamp the cross member 13 to the casing 9 when they are positioned as shown in Fig. I. hen the clamping members 10 are turned to the position shown in light broken lines in Fig. 4, the cross member 13 may readily be removed by sliding the same lengthwise.

The curtain as shown in Fig. 5, is provided with suitable detachable fasteners 18 through which the same may be connected to the frame structure of the automobile top. A notch 19 is provided to accommodate the member 1 and permit of fastening the curtain to the inside surface of said frame structure. The lower edge of the curtain is rolled over and seamed to form a pocket 16, suitable to inclose the cross member 13. An opening 17 is provided to accommodate the hinged member 2 and clamping members 10, and to produce a condition whereby the adjustment of said clamping members may be ellected when assembling the curtain with the frame structure.

Fig. 6. shows the manner in which this device is connected and associated with an automobile; and from the foregoing description it is apparent that when the curtain is raised. it will stay in this position through the action of the springs 7, and when it is pulled do in it will hug close to the sides of the automobile.

It is to be observed that the pivot connection formed by the stud 4t, through which the curtain is fixed to the automobile top, provides means through which the curtain may readily be adjusted at its lower edge to conform to the stream line of the automobilGl'lOtlY. while the upper end thereof con forms to the line of the automobile top, and through this pivot connection it is apparent that to install this curtain upon any type of automobile, any special fitting or cutting is unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

i. In a curtain structure, the combination of an anchor block a vertical member hinged to said anchor block, a contractile spring, one end thereof being connected to said anchor block and the other end to said vertical, member, and a roller between said block and said spring, said roller being free to roll on said anchor lock and arranged to produce a tension in said spring.

In a curtain structure, the combination of an anchor block, a vertical member hinged to said anchor block, ontractile springs fixed to opposite sides of said anchor block and said vertical member, one end of each of said springs being fixed to said anchor block above said hinge, and the opposite ends of said springs being fixed to said vertical member below said hinge, and a roller interposed between said springs and said anchor block above said hinge and ar ranged to produce a tension in said springs.

3. In a curtain structure, the combina tion of a vertical member, a cross member, a socket on the end of said vertical member suitably arranged to carry said cross memher, and pendants connected to said vertical member and arranged to clamp said cross member against the wall of said socket.

4. In a curtain structure, the combination of a vertical jointed member consisting of two arms, means for anchoring one of said arms to a stationary element, a cross member fixed to the free end of the other arm, a curtain, the lower end thereof being fixed to said cross member and the upper end be ing provided with means for connecting the same to said stationary element, and springs suitably arranged so that when drawing they hold said curtain above or below a point where said arms form an angle of 90 degrees.

5. In an automobile curtain comprising an anchor block, a vertical hinged member, means for pivotally connecting said anchor block to the top of an automobile, a cross member carried by the lower end of said vertical hinged member, contractile springs arranged to elongate through movement of said hinged member relative to said anchor block, and a curtain the lower end thereof being fixed to said cross member and the upper end thereof being provided with means through which the same may be attached to said automobile top.

BERNARD L. POLOSKIE. 

